Datawocky: More data usually beats better algorithms “To sum up, if you have limited resources, add more data rather than fine-tuning the weights on your fancy machine-learning algorithm.” (tags: code data development learning programming semanticweb statistics recommendation) Traces of Inspiration >> Blog Archive >> URL as UI Another call for hackable URLs with examples from [...]

BBC Internet Blog – BBC UX 2.0 “Suffice to say that if we relied solely on blog comments on this page to do our market, audience, usability and accessibility research we would truly not be doing our jobs.” Too true. (tags: bbc design redesign ui usability userexperience) GNM hires Yahoo developer | Media | guardian.co.uk [...]

BBC – Programmes – Developers The new release of BBC Programmes adds a developers section, along with a fantastic new design. The guys over in Audio & Music Interactive have done an incredible job with this one. (tags: bbc programmes web web2.0 semanticweb design)

Tech Beat Apple’s design process – BusinessWeek “After describing Apple’s process of delivering consumers with a succession of presents, he asked the question many have asked in their time: “How the f*ck do you do that?”” (tags: apple business culture design development product management usability userexperience emotion process prototyping)

HTTP/1.1 (DELETE, GET, HEAD, PUT, POST) : Alan Dean Activity diagram describing HTTP response status codes. (tags: http diagram web rest documentation reference development programming visualization webservices webstandards) The Origin Of The iChat UI – Thought Palace Jens Alfke’s 1997 UI mockup that became iChat. Drawn in ClarisWorks! (tags: apple design history inspiration mac software [...]

Londonist: What Goes On Beneath Leicester Square At 2am? I used to wonder why it took so long to refit tube stations, but the realisation that you can only work four hours a night and have to start from an almost standing start every time explains it. (tags: london tube) iPlayerlist Nice mashup that scrapes [...]

oobject >> items to build an apple store Design inspiration for my future home. (tags: apple architecture design inspiration howto furniture retail store) BBC NEWS | Business | No cheques at Tesco’s check-outs I needed a cheque the other day. I still haven’t found my cheque book. (tags: culture money progress) Flickr: OfficeMac 2008 annoyances [...]